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Colour. 1:38min. Calcutta (Kolkata), India. 1939. Film made by F. C. Gradwell, Art Director for the London Advertising Agency in Bombay (Mumbai) and Calcutta (Kolkata), 1937-1940.Funeral procession of Lord Brabourne. The Scots Guards in tropical kit and kilts lead the procession; armoured car followed by a gun carriage carrying the coffin covered with a Union Jack; Bengal Lancers on horseback; another armoured car covered with wreaths; Indian Police on horseback; large crowd watching the procession. (film with captions)